chaff
verb/tʃæf/, /tʃɑːf/
/tʃæf/
(old-fashioned or formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they chaff | /tʃæf/, /tʃɑːf/ /tʃæf/ |
| he / she / it chaffs | /tʃæfs/, /tʃɑːfs/ /tʃæfs/ |
| past simple chaffed | /tʃæft/, /tʃɑːft/ /tʃæft/ |
| past participle chaffed | /tʃæft/, /tʃɑːft/ /tʃæft/ |
| -ing form chaffing | /ˈtʃæfɪŋ/, /ˈtʃɑːfɪŋ/ /ˈtʃæfɪŋ/ |
- chaff somebody to make jokes about somebody in a friendly way synonym teaseWord Originverb early 19th cent.: perhaps from chafe.
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